1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Loans and advances, accumulated impairment must equal the sum of its two parts (EBA rule v5265_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on templates F 06.01, breakdown of loans and advances other than held for trading, trading or held for sale assets to non-financial corporations by NACE codes and F 18.00.b, information on performing and non-performing exposures (II).

The rule in plain words

Loans and advances, accumulated impairment must equal non-financial corporations, accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions (row 0120) plus non-financial corporations, accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions (row 0196).

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

Word for word as the report shows it when the rule fails.

F_06.01: Loans and advances, Accumulated impairment = F_18.00.B: Loans and advances, non-financial corporations, Accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions (row 0120) + F_18.00.B: Loans and advances, non-financial corporations, Accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions (row 0196)

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Add up the parts in your file and compare the result with the total.
  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong row, or the total is out of date.
  4. 04EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark F 06.01 and F 18.00 as reported.
  6. 06This is a warning. It does not stop the filing on its own, but your authority may ask you to explain it.

The cells it reads

Information on performing and non-performing exposures (II) (F 18.00.b)

Rows

  • 0120Non-financial corporations
  • 0196Non-financial corporations

Column

  • 0130Accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Non-financial corporations, accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions (row 0120)1,200
Non-financial corporations, accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions (row 0196)800
Together2,000
What the rule then expects

Loans and advances, accumulated impairment must then be 2,000.

2,000Passes
2,100Fails

A file that reports 2,000 passes. One that reports 2,100 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative, reported to the unit, so the rounding tolerance does not change the result.

Show the rule as writtenShow

EBA's formula. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{F_06.01,r0190,c0021,} = sum({F_18.00.b,r0120,c0130,},{F_18.00.b,r0196,c0130,})

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

Checks like this one, run at the point of submission, are the first step to real-time supervision.